Harness-buckle.



J. SAWTZKY 6L A. B. GERBRAND.

HARNESS BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY e, y1913.

Patented Feb. 1915 nble to in aile?, pmr ness or the horse A furtherQbjgfec prot/Efe wherein the tang@ ,Sme euml-e Wh@ ghe bucdefs l. rtongue is cmd Y Q hus .preventing th i upon the'y mat in the ringsjthroug. N

'Otherobjects "WT ma? im im #av-rfa si D the other a touffue?, Rakim" esangue carrying sectmn cons-mis of. paroxmatej,T ecmxgular rm havwhereby Que part of the ns or Qthfr new intermediate beween the Wo@rolas bays but: nearer ivo nhe fst .croass ss proper operation of thedevice and that the ucke may be constructed. in many other ways withinthe scope of -the appendedv claims without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. v In use, the frame 2 is connected by means Vof the cropsbar 3 to a strap A. The tongue `drawn. The strap B is preferably passedover the bead la and between the frame 2 and the frame 11 as illustratedin Fig. 3.

It will be obvious that with a buckle constructed as above described, itwill be irnpossible to withdraw vthe strap from engagement with thebuckle unless the tongue be unlocked, and further it is obvious that theextremity of the tongue is housed 'oetween the strap B and the plate l0in slfch position that it cannot engage with an other part of theharness and can not catc i or'hold on anything. Furthermore it will beseen that strain coming upon the strap B will be transmitted to theframe 2 and to the latch'l. Further it will be apparent that even if'the latch bel accidentally looscned, the strain upon the strap B willnot open the buckle, as the strain will come upon the hook-shaped tongueat the bend thereof and not upon the free extremity of the tongue as inOrdinar buckles. What we c aim is: l. A buckle of the lcharacterdescribed consisting of two sections, the rear end of one section beingl ingcd to the other section adjacent its rear end whereby to permit thesections to be opened to admit a strap, a tongue hinged to one section'and rotatable into position to engage over the free end ofthe othersection, and a lree er mounted upon last named section and a apted toengage the end of the tongue.to lock th e to said last named section.

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2. A vbuckle of the character described in-- cluding two sections, therear end `of one section being hinged to the other section adjacent .itsrear end whereby to permit the two sections to be opened and -therebyadmit a strap, a curved tongue hinged to one sec tion and rotatable intoposition to engage over the `free'endof the other section, said lastnamed section having adjacent its free end a slot to receive the ill ofthe tongue, and a keeper mounted upon said last named section iermovement with this section and shiftable across the slot to lock thetongue in engagement with the last named section.

3. A buckle of the character described in cluding two sections hinged toeach other, one of said sections having the forni of an open frame, theother of said sections including a plate turned. at its free end towardl the other -section and having a longitudinal slot extending partlyinto the upwardly turned portion of the plate, a U- shaped tongue hingedto the free end of the first named section and ada ted to be turned tobring its bill into the s ot of the second section, and a keeper pivotedto the inner face of the late and shiftable into position across the otand beneath the bill of the tongue to thereby lock the tongue inengagement with the section.

4. A buckle of the character described including two sectionsv hinged toeach other, one of said sections' comprising an open approximatelyrectangular frame, the other section comprising a plate hinged at oneendv to the first named section and the free end being upwardly bent,the plate being formed with a slot extending partly into the upwardlybent portion of the plate, a frame attached to the margins of said'plateand a U-shaped tongue hinged to the cross bar at the free end of the rstnamed section and rotatable into position around the free end of thesecond section whereby to insert the bill of the tongue into the slot inthe second section, and a keeper pivoted upon the inner face of theplate and shiftable into position bletween the plate and the bill andover said s ot.

5. A buckle of the character described including two sections, -one ofsaid sections having the form of an approximately rectangular frameproviding two end cross bars and an intermediate cross bar, a clipdisposed upon the free end of the section, a. tongue pivoted upon thecross bar at the free end of the section and held from lateraldisplacement by the cli a section formed yond the same, said plate beingformed with a longitudinal slot extending artly into the upwardly turnedortion 0F the plate, a frame attached to t e side edges of the plate,a'tongue hinged to the cross bar at the free end of the first-namedsection, said tongue being bent upon itself and having a bill extendingbeyond the base portion of, the tongue, a keeper ivoted u on theinneijtface of the plate an shiftab e-across the "slot therein, and astrap attached to one ofi the cross bars of the rst named section. i

6. A buckle of the character described consisting of two sections, oneof said seca,

tions being formed with e cross bei zo which e strep is adeptedjw becounece and Wh e second cross 'bar adjacent xtheese, Lhe other of sais?sections having hinged engagement at its rear'enc with said second namedcross bur, a tongue hinged 'o one of said sections and rotatable intoposition over the free end of the other section, enel e keepe mountednoon the ies@ named seoom e- 10 jacent its Ires @B end shteble pesid ,iv2.1247

-oio Jee lock the onggue in engagemem wh [La s.

